# Does Cooking Break Thermodynamics

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853 "2021-02-02T21:31:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![penguinsarethebest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/penguinsarethebest/32/10139_2.png) [@penguinsarethebest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/penguinsarethebest)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853/1 "2021-02-02T21:31:23Z")

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Obviously cooking meat or bread over a fire will increase its caloric value, what I’m referring to is, for example, assembling a sandwich.

No chemical/state change was done to the ingredients, so therefore the total caloric value should remain the same.

Just curious.

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**Author:** ![Sirbab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sirbab/32/944_2.png) [@Sirbab](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sirbab)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853/2 "2021-02-02T21:35:14Z")

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Just to state that cooking is not the only thing irl that increases calories. Cutting and tenderizing meat does it, grinding flour, etc. Not sure regarding your specific question though, should be pretty quick to test.

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**Author:** ![Colin\_Browne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Colin\_Browne](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Colin_Browne)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853/3 "2021-02-02T21:39:04Z")

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It’s not that it literally increases the calories in the food: from my understanding it makes it easier for your body to use the calories in the food, increasing the net calories, since you have to use some calories to digest the food.

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**Author:** ![Sirbab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sirbab/32/944_2.png) [@Sirbab](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sirbab)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853/4 "2021-02-02T21:42:25Z")

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> **[Slicing meat may have aided human evolution](https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/slicing-meat-may-have-aided-human-evolution)**
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> An experiment with modern-day humans shows how slicing meat could have saved human ancestors energy — and let their bodies and brains get bigger.

Here’s a brief look at what i was referring to.

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**Author:** ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cooking-break-thermodynamics/25853/5 "2021-02-02T22:36:33Z")

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If the sandwich has no raw ingredients or does not involve heating, it will have calories as a sum of it’s components. (With the additional caveat that it must not have the `NUTRIENT_OVERRIDE` flag)